Mega maths proof upheld — or maybe not
After a long and contentious struggle, mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has had his 600-page proof of the abc conjecture — one of the biggest open problems in number theory — accepted by a journal. If confirmed to be true, the proof confirms a profound link between the addition and multiplication of integer numbers. Critics have complained that the proof is impenetrable, and it was largely deemed flawed after two authoritative mathematicians circulated a rebuttal in 2018. Some also lament the poor optics of publishing the paper in a journal of which Mochizuki is chief editor — although that is not unheard of in maths.
Nature | 6 min read
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